Comprehensive Support for STEM Students with Learning DisabiIity ( CS3LD)

Opportunity to Participate in Research study: Comprehensive Support for STEM Students with Learning DisabiIity ( CS3LD)

STUDENTS wanted:

We are looking for students who are:

• UF Undergraduates
• Enrolled (or intending to enroll) in STEM or SBE classes or track STEM =Science, Technology, Engineering, Math SBE =Social, Behavioral, Economic sciences
• Have a learning disability (e.g., specific learning disability, dyslexia, attention deficit disorder)
• Registered with U F Disability Resource Center

What's involved?

• Receive two years of individual mentorship from a graduate student in your field or related major
• Meet monthly with researchers and other mentees to discuss topics related to Learning Disability (LD), and
Work with other undergraduates with LD on projects designed to educate and raise understanding of LD
• Compensation available for your participation in this project

For information please contact:
Mary Anne Steinberg, PhD
352-273-6023 or masteinberg@phhp.edu.ufl
Department of Occupational Therapy

Our Garden Haiti - Volunteers needed

Hearts and Smiles of Haiti has a flagship program called Our Garden Haiti. It is a non-profit organization that works to empower Restavek youth. Restaveks are Haitian children from impoverished households sent to be domestic workers in exchange for food and shelter, with little to no access to proper health care and education. Our Garden Haiti helps children living in rural communities who are at risk of becoming Restavek by increasing the value of education and learning a trade. We equip youth with agricultural knowledge, provide them land to cultivate, and ultimately increase the number of Restaveks enrolled in school. For more info, check out http://www.ourgardenhaiti.net/.

We're currently in need of volunteers to assist in designing a sustainable agricultural curriculum and/or come on volunteer trips during school breaks to help establish the program! If interested, please email lindawan@usc.edu.

Cottonwood Ag needs Technical Agronomist

The Technical Agronomist will oversee all technical aspects of the agronomic program for the company, including total responsibility for the vision and implementation of the precision agriculture program and the introduction of new software and services that improve profitability and efficiency at the farm level. The Technical Agronomist will also participate in routine agronomic work across a wide crop base in all growing regions across North America.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Lead, plan, manage, and drive the precision agriculture activities of the company in an effort to maximize the value and operational excellence of the existing agricultural portfolio.
2. Collect data by communicating with farmers, suppliers, and labs, and use GIS systems to generate reports, recommendations, and electronic files used in precision agriculture applications.
3. Analyze precision agriculture performance data on a farm-by-farm basis, including financial interpretations, and make recommendations concerning the suitability of specific precision agriculture technologies for each crop and production region.
4. Remain current on technological advances in agriculture and work to introduce new technologies on the farm including new equipment, software, services, and products that have the potential to increase profitability and efficiency of farming operations.
5. Develop and maintain a company-wide, web-based record-keeping system for recording crop inputs, yields, and other field data.
6. Develop computer-based systems that link agricultural operations to other internal efforts (e.g., Food Safety, Agricultural Sustainability, Environmental Stewardship) and departments (e.g., Accounting, Legal, Corporate).
 7. Assist the Senior Agronomist in supporting the activities of all production regions through planning, problem solving, and routine agronomic work.
8. Support, educate, and train company representatives to ensure successful adoption of new technologies, methods, services, and products on the farm.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy or related field with a minimum of five (5) years of relevant precision agriculture experience required. Must have working knowledge of soils, fertilizers, weeds, insects and plant pathogens of agronomic importance. Preference will be given to candidates that have expertise with corn, cotton, rice, and/or soybeans. Position requires less than 50% travel.

Qualified candidates should send resumés to Mr. Waylin McCurley:

waylinm@bgi-group.com

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A survey has been completed as part of a course in the department of Behavioral Sciences and Community Health. The students who have created the survey all are part of public health programs.

This survey is to help understand University of Florida student knowledge on women’s health. The survey will take less than 15 minutes.

Those who choose to participate will receive a coupon for free TCBY frozen yogurt.
The survey can be accessed at https://ufl.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_a02EiGbOhANSSOx